The rap heavyweight has kept busy as of late making news for a new film project with actor Lin-Manuel Miranda called "In The Heights."

The Weinstein Company's Harvey Weinstein, who is producing the movie musical with theatre producer Scott Sanders, announced the news at his February 26 pre-Oscars party, which included a medley of tunes from In the Heights performed by Cynthia Erivo, Christopher Jackson, and Corbin Bleu and introduced by Hamilton's Miranda. Deadline.com reported in September 2016 that Jay Z and Weinstein had "signed an exclusive first-look deal ... to generate movies and scripted and unscripted TV." (Playbill)